Partnership

In a bid to provide the best education possible for all, the University of Rwanda- College of Education partners with local and international organizations towards the advancement of education sector. This endeavor will be achievable when partnership is harnessed to ensure mutual collaboration that leads to proper education for the society. The college welcome anyone who is interested and committed to enriching educational experiences for the community. The following are the organizations that are collaboration with the College:

Co-operation between UR-CE and other Institutions (April 2012)

Institution
Country
Period
Area of co-operation

Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa
USA
Effective from 10/29/2009

Long-term and short-term exchanges of faculty and staff.

Programmes relating to research, teaching, and/or outreach.

Exchange of students at the undergraduate and/or graduate level.

Kenyatta University
Kenya
5 years effective from 8/10/2008

Exchange of faculty members

Exchange of students

Joint research activities

Participation in international seminars and academic meetings

Exchange of academic materials and other information

Special short-term academic programmes.

University of Antwerp
Belgium
Effective from 29/9/2010

Student exchange

staff exchange

scientific co-operation

University of BUEA
Cameroon
5 years effective from 1/12/2009

Joint research activities;

Participation in international seminars and academic meetings;

Exchange of good practice, academic materials, academic publications and other information;

Exchange of faculty members for research, lectures, discussions and to jointly Supervise postgraduate research, especially at PhD level;

Exchange of students for study and research;

Promotion of educational opportunities for students of both countries;

Special short-term academic programmes

Organization of training of trainers programmes in key curriculum areas, such as gender mainstreaming, gender budgeting and auditing.

Establishment of short courses to build the capacity of public servants civil society leaders and other professionals aimed at promoting gender equality and women's empowerment in cross-cutting themes ( e.g MGDs, PRSP, good governance democracy knowledge economy, ITC) of interest to both the Cameroon and Rwandan governments.

Distance and e-learning programs/course

University of South Africa (UNISA)*
Republic of South Africa
Effective from2007
Distance Education

University of Teesside
UK
Effective from 16/5/2007
Establishment of professional police studies

Chongqing Normal University & The Office of Chinese language Council International
China
5 years effective from 8/10/2008
Establishment of the Confucius institute at UR-CE with the purpose of providing courses in Chinese language and culture

Amity University
India
5 years effective from 30/6/2009
Tele-education

Indira Ghandi National Open University (IGNOU)
India
5 years effective from 2010
Tele-Education

University of Madras,
India
5 years effective from 19/3/2010
Tele-education

Volkswagen Foundation
Germany
Effective from 2007

Joint research activities

Implementation of GIS programme in UR-CE

The Open University
UK
3 years effective from May 2008
TESSA (Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa) project. Research and development of open content teacher training resources

Open University and Consortium of other Higher Learning Institutions and Agencies in UK and Africa
UK
9/2005-8/2010
EdQual (Education Quality)project Research on the use of ICT to support Basic Education and is in partnership with 12 schools.

University of Aberdeen
UK
Effective from 2007
Delphe project – Girls into Science and Technology in Rwanda Capacity building of young women to participate in supporting the development process in Rwanda by increasing the number of young women offering applied sciences.

Open University
UK
Effective from 2007
The “Open Door” Project Support for the reproduction of learning materials

Nottingham University
UK
Effective from 2008
Delphe- Education for Community Cohesion Project:

Development of teachers who can employ a range of pedagogies to promote community cohesion in both formal and non-formal educational settings.

Enhancement of peace and citizenship education in the two partner countries and in particular explore issues concerning genocide education

Columbia University (& UNICEF)
USA
Effective from 2005
Child Friendly Schools: Development of an integrated school based model of learning and delivering of essential services for children who are educationally disadvantaged.

Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
Norway
2009
Support of Master’s Programme in Gender, Culture and Development Studies

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT El PASO (UTEP)
USA
1/1/2010-30/4/2012
Evaluation of Master’s Programme in Gender, Culture and Development Studies

Old Dominion University
USA
4 years renewable Effective from 2/11/2009

Joint research activities

Participation in international seminars and academic meetings

Exchange of academic materials, academic publications and other information

Exchange of faculty members for research, lectures, and discussions

Exchange of students for study and research

Promotion of educational opportunities for students of both countries

Special short-tem academic programmes

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
USA
Effective from 2007

Open source materials

International Organization for Migration

36 months, effective from 2010
Migration for Development in Africa- MIDA Great Lakes project Introduction and use of online learning materials at UR-CE

University of Turin
Italy
5 years effective from the date of signing (4/10/2010)

Joint research activities

Exchange of academics, researchers, technical-administrative staff, specialists and students

Free admittance to the libraries and free access to the research facilities existing in the participating institutions

Participation in international seminars and academic meetings

Exchange of academic materials academic publications and other information on conditions agreed upon

Exchange of faculty members for research, lectures, and discussions

Any other kind of co-operation that may prove useful to achieve the joint objectives.

University of Scranton
USA
5 years effective from the date of signing (8/10/ 2010)
Promotion of educational and academic exchanges

Kentalis International foundation (KIF)
Netherlands
Effective from the date of signing (6/12/2010)
Development of the Resource Centre and the teacher training programme for Deaf Education in accordance with the Rwanda National Higher Education Qualification Framework

Catholic Institute of Kabgayi (ICK)
RWANDA
Effective from the date of signing (7/02/2011)

Exchange of staff and research scholars

Enhance and reinforce the academic competence and skills of the staff of both Institutions

Exchange of students

Exchange of educational and research materials, publications, and academic information

Collaborate in various fields of Education

Joint research and meetings for education and research promotion

Other academic activities deemed appropriate

University of Western Ontatio(UWO)
Ontario /Canada
5 years effective from May 2011

Exchange of faculty, students, and/or staff

MFKC
Sweden
30/6/2011

E-in-service of teachers project

Daegu University
South Korea

Exchange of faculty and research scholars

Exchange of students

Exchange of materials in education and research, publications, and academic information

Joint research and meetings for education and research

Other academic activities deemed appropriate

Victoria University
Australia
5 years effective from Dec2011

Exchanges of information and material

Student exchanges

Student internships

Staff exchanges

Joint research

Joint service activity

Canterbury Christ Church University
England
3 Yrs effective from 5th August 2011

Consultancy and advice

Staff placement and/or exchange

Joint research

Delhi University
India
18/1/2012

Tele-education

Argonne National Laboratory
Chicago/USA

Joint research

University of Cape Town
South Africa
12/3/2012

Joint research

The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
Chicago /USA
Approved but still under signature process